Best receipt paper & thermal receipt paper according to redditors
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Gameboy printer thermal paper, even the rolls that are still sealed, are all degraded by this point in time and will print like that.
I suggest you get new paper so you get a better print, here's an alternative that works according to comments i've read:
https://www.amazon.com/PM-Company-Register-One-Ply-05201/dp/B002M9BFGA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1527522847&sr=8-2&keywords=gameboy+printer+paper#customerReviews
Over time, those will fade too but you can at least scan them after getting a crisp and clear print, instead of what you have now.
If that's true, you guys need to do some basic cross-shopping then. Buying at a retail location will always have a markup, but that's absolutely insane. Whoever is approving that without looking for a way to reduce the cost should be fired. They're basically setting the money on fire at that amount.
Clover's site shows their Clover Station Printer takes 3 1/8in x 230ft rolls. Here's a 50 pack for $60 on Amazon. The Clover Mini and Mobile use 2 1/4in wide by 85ft rolls. Here's a 50 pack of those for $23 on Amazon. If it's the Star SP700 series Kitchen Printer they have on their site, that takes standard paper rolls 76mm across (3in) and 85mm in diameter (150ft roll). Here's a 50 pack for $35 on Amazon.
EDIT: Took a look at Staples for comparison.
3 1/8in x 230ft rolls are $40 for 10 rolls or $100 for 50 rolls. That's insane in comparison unless you're literally out and have no other option. And those are the prices they have online nationwide that ship from a central warehouse. In-store might be even higher.
Lad, get one of these across the teeth or nose and tell me how you feel.
https://www.amazon.com/Cash-Register-Roll-44mm-White/dp/B005OYDIPG
I found 50 rolls of thermal receipt paper on Amazon for $45.90. That works out to less than a dollar per roll, compared to probably $5 for a ream of printer paper.
It does use thermal paper, but you don't need the official Nintendo stuff. I'm using one of these 38mm rolls intended for POS systems.
Pretty easy to do! The printer is rated to run on nine volt DC, so a 9v battery should work fine. I did this about three weeks ago, been using it frequently, and all is well.
If you need paper, it's just 38mm/1.5" thermal paper. Here's enough for like 3,000 Game Boy Camera prints for seven dollars.
Been having lots of fun with it, been taking it into work and taking pictures of my friends. Everyone's been receptive of it so far.
And since we like sharing Game Boys here's my very clean DMG-01 with a bivert and backlight mod. I'm going to keep it looking as stock as possible, only thing I've done is the backlight mod, bivert, replaced the speaker, and the button rubber thingies, whatever they're called.
Have Ni-MH's in there for now, but if anyone knows of any Li-Ion mods, let me know!
Edit: A conversation in the comments has made it apparent that your nine volt batteries mileage may vary. I've been using my 9.6v 230 mAh Powerex batteries, and it's drained the charge after about 100 prints. You could probably get 50 out of a regular 9 volt you buy at the store, but you really should invest in rechargeables. 100 prints is really tenable, it took me about three weeks to go through that many, haha. But do keep in mind that if you don't have rechargeables, and instead would be using cheap 9 volts, this mod will likely burn through them.
They use BPA free receipt paper. Ever notice how it's yellowish? I do agree that the wellness aisle is bullshit.
I think you are really high on the cost of the receipt paper. Here's a link for a box of 50 of 230' thermal paper for $55. That comes out at $0.004/foot, 1/10th what you found. I'm sure they can get much better bulk pricing than what we can find as each store goes through thousands of rolls each year, and the company as a whole goes through over ten thousand rolls every day. .
With the lower price, I'm guessing the price drops to less than $1,000,000. Publix had 33 billion in revenue last year, so this represents 0.003% of their revenue.
Otherwise, great analysis.
https://www.amazon.com/NCR-856348-Thermal-Receipt-Paper/dp/B0013CFRWK/ref=sr_1_12?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1464321693&sr=1-12&keywords=receipt+paper+roll closest thing I could find to what we use. All I can say is we go through a ridiculous amount at my store. Look into the western union receipts if you really want to study waste
Boxes are expensive and your games come in them!
I ship with bubble wrap / foam and that heavy duty packing paper. Unless its a large / heavy game I've had zero complaints. I've also received several this way and also had zero issues.
I guarantee you that offers better protection than how Amazon just slings them into a thin cardboard box and chucks them about everywhere.
To be precise I bought these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013P1LL94/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CQ50Q88/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Yes its a little more expensive up front and they take up space but I've shipped over 10 separate items and still have a tonne of it left, even for some KS I've resold if I have to split boxes the thick paper makes a great space filler.
The only caveat is that if you're selling on eBay be careful its not going internationally, I'm not sure how well it would hold up to that, it might be alright though if its not a heavy game and has a sturdy box, maybe add a bit more foam and an extra layer of paper.
I'd only use boxes if I had them lying around or you were shipping a lot of games to one person.
That's a pretty amazing feat, considering fax machines don't have ink cartridges.
They use thermal paper, like this...
https://www.amazon.com/Brother-8-5in-2-rolls-Thermal-Mfc-390mc/dp/B00006B7QA
Great minds eh? I usually don't label my beers either but I brewed a batch for a wedding present recently and wanted to fancy the bottles up a bit (so I already had the gear for these ones). The labels are just cheap brown paper, and I stuck them on the bottles with Pritt Stick (seems to do the job). The text is stamped on letter-by-letter using wooden stamps. It is fairly time-consuming but I like the effect and I think it's worth it for a gift or a couple bottles.
At amazon Prime price (which I doubt they pay even close to) it its 1,800 ft/$7.68.
Or about 0.1953125 cents per inch. I would say about 3 inches, or .5859375 per.